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The Liberal government’s clash with unions this week was all for naught, and a mediator will likely prove it, says a health-care union leader.
“To add this layer of conflict, it was completely unnecessary,” said Lana Payne,...

The Liberal government’s Health Authorities Act passed on Friday against the backdrop of vocal protests and a heavy police presence at Province House.
The controversial legislation, introduced Monday, passed third reading by a vote of 42-5,...

Nova Scotia Lt.-Gov. J.J. Grant delivered the throne speech this afternoon on behalf of Stephen McNeil's government, to open the fall session of the legislature.
Read legislature reporter Michael Gorman's coverage of the speech from...Read More

It opened 193 years ago, seven decades after Halifax was founded by the British and just four years following the end of the Napoleonic Wars.
Now, historic Province House in the city’s downtown is the subject of an application to designate...Read More

Three generations of the Smith family, left to right, Wallace Sr., Wallace Jr. and Reeny practise their performance of 'Amazing Grace' before a an unsung heroes event at Province House as part of Black History Month.Read More

CPL. STEVE KEDDY remembers seeing the man who would save his life thrown headfirst through the windshield when an oncoming sport utility vehicle crossed over the line and crashed into their Canadian Armed Forces bus.
“I thought he was gone;...Read More